CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW 2

CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW 2

Alessandro Fabbi

Obiettivi formativi

The course aims at giving specific notions on civil procedure in Italy, with particular attention to special procedures, alternatives to justice administered by the State; civil execution; provisional measures.

Risultati di apprendimento attesi

The students will learn about the special procedures applied in Italian civil justice, deepening their prior knowledge, in a theoretical and practical perspective, of Italian civil litigation.

Contenuti Del Corso

The course will focus on special procedures (labor disputes; family disputes; injunctive procedures; class actions); execution and relevant types/forms; provisional measures and the respective procedural rules, as well as ADR.

Testi Di Riferimento

Reference texts will consist of reading materials indicated and/or circulated prior to or after each lesson, texts of national and supranational case law, excerpts from a selected bibliography. Illustrative examples of references are: M. Lupoi, Civil Procedure in Italy, 2018; M. De Cristofaro- N. Trocker (eds), Civil Justice in Italy, 2010; A. De Luca-A. Simoni, Fundamentals of Italian Law, 2014; M. Cappelletti-J. Perillo, Civil procedure in Italy, 1965.

Metodologie Didattiche

The course will combine frontal lessons and seminars with active participation and teamwork by students.

Modalità di verifica dell'apprendimento

The final examination will consist of an overall assessment of each student performance throughout the entire duration of the course. Oral colloquium.

Criteri per l’assegnazione dell’elaborato finale

Interest in the subject; performance.

Settimana 1

1. Special procedures: introduction. Fragmentation and reasons for special procedural rules. Trans-substantivity of civil procedure v. social functions of the civil justice system. 2. CPC's book no. 4: general overview. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 2

3. Special procedures: the injunctive procedure (procedimento per ingiunzione). Italian v. European model. 4. Labor proceedings. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 3

5. Labor proceedings (continued). 6. Family proceedings. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 4

7. Family proceedings (continued). 8. Class actions and forms of collective redress, in general. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 5

9. Class actions (continued). 10. Class actions (continued): European and comparative perspectives. Materials provided for by the instructor. Video/contents will be shared during the classes (with a particular focus on class actions in the U.S. system).

Settimana 6

11. Class actions (continued): comparative perspectives. 12. Civil execution: introduction and general principles. Book 3 of the Italian CPC. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 7

13. Civil execution/ enforcement (continued). 14. Civil execution/ enforcement (continued): forms and models; general overview. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 8

15. Civil execution/enforcement (continued): means of challenge/opposition, etc. 16. ADR systems in Italy: introduction and general overview. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 9

17. ADR (continued): arbitration. 18. ADR (continued): international arbitration. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 10

19. ADR (continued): special forms of arbitration. 20. ADR (continued): assisted negotiation (negoziazione assistita). Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 11

21. ADR (continued): mediation. 22. Provisional measures and remedies: introduction and comparative perspectives. Materials provided for by the instructor.

Settimana 12

23. Provisional measures (continued): different tools and relevant procedures. 24. Course's conclusions: tendencies and reforms (Italian special procedures).